Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools - Five Simple-To-Follow Strategies

Informationen zum Autor Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001). McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University. Klappentext This second edition enhances the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies and more than twenty "teaching for learning" tips for daily instruction. Zusammenfassung This second edition enhances the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies and more than twenty "teaching for learning" tips for daily instruction. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Teaching for Learning Tips Preface A Change in Focus The Goals of This Book Who This Book Is For What This Book Is Not Overview of the Contents A New Feature The Challenge Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Reading Achievement: Where Do We Stand? Raising Achievement Expectations The State of Reading Achievement in the Nation The Response of Educators The State of Reading Achievement in the States Roadblocks to Raising Achievement in Middle and High Schools The Responsibility of School Leaders Reflection and Discussion Questions 2. Focus on Changing What You Can Change Change the Educational Paradigm Change How Goals Are Set Change How Teachers Teach Change the Curriculum and How It Is Chosen Change the Alignment of the Curriculum Change the Amount of Time Allocated to Reading Instruction Change Where Strategic Reading Instruction Is Provided Change How Learning Is Assessed Change Expectations for Students Change How Professional Development Is Provided Reflection and Discussion Questions 3. Teach the Students Who Can't Read How to Read How Children Learn to Read: A Short Lesson Failing to Learn Programs to Remediate Struggling Secondary Students Find the Students in Special Education Who Can't Read and Teach Them to Read Reflection and Discussion Questions 4. Teach Every Student How to Read to Learn Reading to Learn and Cognitive Strategies The Strategic Teacher How to Teach Cognitive Strategies Reading to Learn and Vocabulary Development Reading to Learn and Knowledge Acquisition How We Can Engage More Students in Reading to Learn Cognitive Strategy Instruction at Alief Hastings High School

Product details

• Authors: Elaine K. McEwan, Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2006
• EAN: 9781412924344
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-2434-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology